WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The radical Islamic Taliban may have killed dozens of former Afghan officials, members of the security forces and local forces, according to the UN.
There are credible reports that more than 100 of these people have been killed since August 15, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to the Security Council seen by Reuters. In more than two thirds of the cases, the Taliban or their allies are said to be responsible. There are also credible allegations that at least 50 alleged members of the Islamic State extremist group were executed without trial.
The report also again described the deteriorating living conditions of the Afghan population. “An entire complex social and economic system is collapsing,” it said. Among other things, Guterres proposes that the Security Council set up a new body to monitor the human rights situation. The Taliban took power in Afghanistan in mid-2021. The soldiers of Western countries – including German ones – have since left the country.